[PATCH net v3] gtp: parse extension headers before reading inner protocol
From: Zhixing Chen <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-08 04:23:13
Subsystem:
gtp (gprs tunneling protocol), networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Pablo Neira Ayuso, Harald Welte, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
GTPv1-U packets may carry a chain of extension headers before the inner
IP packet. The receive path already parses and skips these extension
headers, but it currently reads the inner protocol before doing so.
As a result, the first extension header byte is interpreted as the inner
IP version. Packets with extension headers are then dropped before PDP
lookup.
Parse the extension header chain before calling gtp_inner_proto(), so the
inner protocol is read from the actual inner IP header.
Fixes: c75fc0b9e5be ("gtp: identify tunnel via GTP device + GTP version + TEID + family")
Signed-off-by: Zhixing Chen <redacted>
---
Changes in v3:
- Refetch the GTP header after pskb_may_pull() before checking the
extension-header flag.
Changes in v2:
- Add missing Fixes tag.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260703093708.18141-1-running910@gmail.com/T/ (local)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260703084244.59077-1-running910@gmail.com/T/ (local)
---
drivers/net/gtp.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
index a60ef32b35b8..c0e38878af51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c@@ -826,13 +826,17 @@ static int gtp1u_udp_encap_recv(struct gtp_dev *gtp, struct sk_buff *skb) if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, hdrlen)) return -1; + gtp1 = (struct gtp1_header *)(skb->data + sizeof(struct udphdr)); + + if (gtp1->flags & GTP1_F_EXTHDR && + gtp_parse_exthdrs(skb, &hdrlen) < 0) + return -1; + if (gtp_inner_proto(skb, hdrlen, &inner_proto) < 0) { netdev_dbg(gtp->dev, "GTP packet does not encapsulate an IP packet\n"); return -1; } - gtp1 = (struct gtp1_header *)(skb->data + sizeof(struct udphdr)); - pctx = gtp1_pdp_find(gtp, ntohl(gtp1->tid), gtp_proto_to_family(inner_proto)); if (!pctx) {
@@ -840,10 +844,6 @@ static int gtp1u_udp_encap_recv(struct gtp_dev *gtp, struct sk_buff *skb) return 1; } - if (gtp1->flags & GTP1_F_EXTHDR && - gtp_parse_exthdrs(skb, &hdrlen) < 0) - return -1; - return gtp_rx(pctx, skb, hdrlen, gtp->role, inner_proto); }
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2.34.1